Here are California’s new stay-at-home rules

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping order for Californians to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak will dramatically restrict public movement.

The governor’s office provided a list of how the order will play out:

What stays open:

• Pharmacies

• Food: Grocery stores, farmers markets, food banks, convenience stores, takeout and delivery restaurants

• Banks

• Gas stations

• Laundromats/laundry services

• Essential state and local government functions including law enforcement and offices that provide government programs and services.

What is closed:

• Bars and nightclubs

• Entertainment venues

• Gyms and fitness studios

• Public events and gatherings

• Convention Centers

• Dine-in restaurants

What is behind this?

Officials hope telling people to stay homes and restrict social interactions will slow the spread of the virus and ultimately prevent hospitals from being overrun with sick patients.

Newsom asked Californians to practice social distancing when performing such “necessary activities.”

“We’re going to keep the grocery

stores open,” Newsom said. “We’re going to make sure that you’re getting critical medical supplies. You can still take your kids outside, practicing common sense and social distancing. You can still walk your dog.”

No time frame was set for when the order would end.

What are exemptions from the order?

Newsom’s action orders “all individuals living in the state of California to stay home or at their place of residence, except as needed to maintain continuity of operation of the federal critical infrastructure sectors.”

The government order links to a Department of Homeland Security document that lists 16 “critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.”

• Chemical Sector

• Commercial Facilities Sector

• Communications Sector

• Critical Manufacturing Sector

• Dams Sector

• Defense Industrial Base Sector

• Emergency Services Sector

• Energy Sector

• Financial Services Sector

• Food and Agriculture Sector

• Government Facilities Sector

• Healthcare and Public Health Sector

• Information Technology Sector

• Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector

• Transportation Systems Sector

• Water and Wastewater Systems Sector